Burning the rumps at Temple-bar Part 3 Canto 2: L.1505. [graphic]

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Title: Burning the rumps at Temple-bar Part 3 Canto 2: L.1505. [graphic]
Contributor: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794, publisher.
Published / Created: [between 1768 and 1794]
Publication Place: London and England London
Publisher: Robert Sayer
Abstract: A riot in the street beside Temple Bar, the western boundary of the City of London, with the mob hanging and burning effigies of the members of the Rump Parliament; an effigy of Hudibras is carried in from the right on a pole by a man who carries in his other hand a sign "Down wth the Rumps"; he is followed by a crowd of men gesturing with sticks, brooms, and other tools. Rumps of beef burn over fires in the street
Description: Title engraved above image.
From a series of twelve prints after Hogarth and issued by Robert Sayer. Publisher name from first print in series.
Date of publication based on publisher's name and address in imprint statement on the first plate in this series. Robert Sayer moved to 53 Fleet Street in 1760, and from 1777 onward he formed partnerships that caused him to trade under different names (Sayer & Bennett, Sayer & Co., etc.); see British Museum online catalogue. He acquired the Hogarth plates from Overton and re-issued them and copies in 1768. See Paulson.
Numbered '11' in upper left corner.
Eighteen lines of verse in three columns, below image: That beastly rabble, that came down From all the garrets in the town, ... Made up of rags to personate Respective officers of state.
Copy of: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, volume 1, number 514.
Cf. Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), number 92.
From a set of twelve prints, all with two sewing holes along left edge.
Provenance: Grosvenor Prints with the eleven other prints in this series; January 2021.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 19.8 x 25 cm, on sheet 22.7 x 35 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English